Character Ideas: Women Part 2

30 more pictures, whether to help you come up with a character or put a face on one you already have.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Motivation

I love it when people are honest with me. My friend  a couple weeks ago told me straight out that my book "is brilliant, what you've actually written of it, so stop messing around and write the darn thing."
So I sat down and wrote.
I'm an idiot for putting it off. I'm determined to write more.

What is your motivation? For some authors it's their editors breathing down their necks. Because I haven't gotten to that wonderful stage of enforced brilliance, I have to encourage myself in other ways. (Chocolate preferably.)

One author motivated herself by wearing the same sweater every time she wrote. The catch? She couldn't wash it until after she finished her book.

Another, less smelly, way to motivate yourself could be to set goals. This usually helps to get you moving.
Set yourself a deadline, but don't freak out if you fail to accomplish what you aimed for. Set a new goal and try again.
In her blog, Victoria Hanley said;

I'm thinking "deadline" could be called the "aliveline" instead. Yes, I know that if the deadline isn't met, the "dead" part of the line becomes more prominent. But there's just so much aliveness about having a definite goal in time. It's motivating.

What motivates you? What makes you want to write? If you have other hobbies, why do you spend so much time and effort on those things?

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Character Ideas: Women Part 1

20 Pictures of random people, to either inspire a character, or to put a face on one you already have.

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Writers: Born or Made?

I guess this question could be asked of any artistic profession.

Some people, after complimented, say that they were "born with it". Was I born with the ability to write? I don't know. I hadn't even considered writing for fun until 5 years ago. (So I guess that makes my profile description sort of a lie.)

It's my opinion that you can do anything if you practice and study the subject long enough.

Yet some people while being taught a new subject have "a knack" for it right off the bat.

I think it's that everyone has some things they excell at, and some things they're not-so-good at. But that's not to say they cannot do the things they suck at (sorry, that sounds harsh), but that they have to work harder than others to do it well.

What do you think?

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